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Enseigner la pratique en travail social à l’aide d’apprentissages mixtes  \nCatherine de Boer, Memorial University of Newfoundland  \nSandra Loucks Campbell, Renison University College at the University of Waterloo Angela Hovey, Pace Consulting Group, Pace Homecare, Pace Physiotherapy  \nAbstract  \nThe debates surrounding the effectiveness of teaching social work online highlight the challenges of adequately preparing students for face-to-face practice by way of web-based technologies. The purpose of this paper is twofold. Firstly, to briefly describe how a particular School of Social Work when designing its part-time undergraduate degree program (BSW), arrived at a fork in the road and instead of choosing between the paths of in-class or online course delivery, the School decided to offer the entire degree using a blended learning platform. Secondly, to compare the development and implementation of three specific practice courses within the part-time degree program (interviewing and assessment, social work theory, and a practicum integration seminar) each of which was offered using blended learning. This paper contributes to the debate about the value of using net-based technologies when teaching social work practice and will be helpful to educators from within many disciplines, who are wishing to critique their own development processes when designing and teaching practice courses using blended learning.  \nRésumé  \nLe débat sur l’efficacité de l’enseignement du travail social en ligne éclaire les difficultés d’unepréparation adéquate des élèves à des entretiens face à face effectués par visioconférence. L’objectif de ce rapport est double : en premier lieu, décrire rapidement comment, placée devantun choix difficile lors de la conception de son programme d’études de premier cycle, une École de travail social, au lieu de choisir entre un cours donné en classe ou en ligne, a décidé d’offrir le cours complet au moyen d’un programme d’apprentissage mixte; en second lieu, comparer la création et la mise en place, dans le cadre du programme universitaire à temps partiel, de trois cours pratiques (entrevue et évaluation; théorie du travail social; et séminaire d’intégration des  \nCJLT/RCAT Vol. 37(3)  \ntravaux pratiques) offerts en apprentissage mixte. Ce rapport participe au débat sur la valeur del’utilisation des applications du Web pour enseigner la pratique en travail social; il servira aux éducateurs de nombreuses disciplines qui souhaitent faire la critique de leurs propres processus de perfectionnement lorsqu’il s’agit de concevoir et de donner des cours pratiques en apprentissage mixte.  \nIntroduction – Arriving at the Fork in the Road  \nOur School of Social Work had successfully offered a full-time Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program for many years when in the early 2000’s, a part-time program was considered. The School is situated within a university that is world renowned for its co-operative education, and distance education (DE) programs and hence, we were in an ideal milieu for considering webbased technologies for social work course delivery. The full-time BSW was an intensive ten month post degree program delivered exclusively on campus that predominately attracted recent graduates who were in their early 20’s and entering their first career. The part-time BSW was expected to attract students who were older and who had more experience with social work practice, but less experience with technology than “typical” university students. It was suspected that applicants would already be working in demanding social work roles, such as child welfare and residential mental health treatment centres, but were now seeking a BSW to enhance their qualifications and improve their career trajectories. It was anticipated that most wo","cbCailv4h8inb9Zc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailv4h8inb9Zc","pdf",309457,17,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction – Arriving at the Fork in the Road\n# Literature Review\n## Online versus In-class Debate","[{\"question\":\"Why does the paper focus on online versus in-class social work education?\",\"answer\":\"It responds to debates about how effectively online learning prepares students for face-to-face practice using web-based technologies.\"},{\"question\":\"What key decision did the School of Social Work make for the part-time BSW?\",\"answer\":\"Instead of choosing in-class or online delivery, the School offered the entire degree using a blended learning platform.\"},{\"question\":\"Which three practice courses are compared as part of the blended learning implementation?\",\"answer\":\"Interviewing and assessment, social work theory, and a practicum integration seminar, each delivered using blended learning.\"}]","When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It - Teaching Social Work Practice Using Blended Learning | PDF",1792087110,43]